Obediah Dishman1

Male, #860, (1792 - 1824)

FatherWilliam Samuel Dishman1 b. 26 Sep 1754, d. 4 Dec 1833
MotherSally Salmons1 b. 28 Sep 1764, d. 7 Jul 1839

Relationship Great-grandson of Samuel Duchemin.

Birth*1792 Obediah Dishman was born in 1792 in Bedford County, Virginia.1,2 
(male 16-25) Census18201820 He was probably the male, age 16 to 25, in William Samuel Dishman's household on the 1820 census in Barren County, Kentucky.3 
Marriage*4 Apr 1821 Obediah Dishman married Rebecca C. Stevenson on 4 Apr 1821 in Christian County, Kentucky.4 
Death*1824 Obediah Dishman died in 1824 in Barren County, Kentucky.1,5,2 
Inventory*20 Dec 1824 An inventory of the estate of Obediah Dishman was recorded on 20 Dec 1824 in Barren County, Kentucky. The total value was $412.75.5 

Family

Rebecca C. Stevenson
Child

Last Edited 29 Mar 2007

Citations

  1. [S106] Dishman Family, Informal Genealogical Notes, James Dallas Dishman, Personal papers of James Dallas Dishman, Lynchburg, Virginia, Chart 4.
  2. [S346] Genealogical papers of William Anderson Hagey, ca. 1940-1998, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia, box 2, file 118, "Dishman, James (1822-1864) and (Georgiana Berryman)", manuscript likely written by Dorothy Madeley Taylor of Harlingen, Texas, concerning the last illness and death of her great grandfather James Ewing Dishman, states that his father was Obadiah Dishman, born c 1792 in Bedford County, Va, married 4 Apr 1821, and died 1824 in Barren County, Ky.
  3. [S88] 1820 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Barren County, Kentucky, p. 8, line 18, William Dishman household, electronic image, (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc.,2003), image 8 of 32, http://www.ancestry.com, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC).
  4. [S194] Liahona Research, Kentucky Marriages: 1801 to 1825 (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1999), p. 186, Obadiah Dishman and Rebeccah Steen entry, 4 Apr 1821.
  5. [S174] Unknown compiler, KY-Footsteps Digest Archives. Online Database http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/ky-footsteps/toc.html, USGENWEB, Vol. 02, Issue 017, 23 Feb 2003, posted by K.B. Cook. Subject: "ESTATE: Inventory for Obadiah Dishman, Barren Co". Hereinafter cited as KY-Footsteps Digest.
  6. [S182] Dishman-Hagey Correspondence, 1985-1993, letters between William Anderson Hagey of Roanoke, VA and James Dallas Dishman of Lynchburg, VA concerning the genealogy of the Dishman and related families, Personal papers of James Dallas Dishman, Lynchburg, Virginia, genealogy of Capt. Benjamin Berryman, 1 sheet, dated 5-2-93.
 

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